Kevin Pietersen - New England Captain (Vaughan and Collingwood resign)

[Skater]

Michael Vaughan is expected to resign from the England captaincy at 13:00 BST today.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

What where you got this Bomb news ? any link

 

[Skater]

The ECB have called a press conference for then and there are strong rumours Vaughan will step down. They have been talking about in on Cricket Writers on TV and they are now discussing replacements live from Edgbaston with David Gower, Michael Atherton and Sir Ian Botham.

 

[manee]

There is a 'major squad announcement' for 13:00 and it is pretty unanimous that Vaughan's resignation will be that announcement.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Who is expected to fill the shoes then :confused:

 

[Skater]

Not solid links as this is recent news, but:

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/engvrsa/content/current/story/363379.html

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

This is not a good decission, if Vaughan don't play in Ashes, England hardly have any chnaces to bring back the Urn

 

[manee]

Who is expected to fill the shoes then :confused:

No solid news on that.

 

[Skater]

No solid news on that.

No, that's right, but the solid news seems to be, Vaughan goes.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

I think KP is the strongest contender among all.

 

[Skater]

I think KP is the strongest contender among all.

I hope not. Give it to Strauss.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

I hope not. Give it to Strauss.

I think it will be eigther Strauss or KP.

 

[evertonfan]

I hope they don't give it to Strauss. We shouldn't give it to a player who's place in the team isn't ever secure. It'll go straight to Pietersen although I wouldn't rule out the utter stupidity of the selectors to give it to Flintoff again.

What's to say a fresh call up might not get the captaincy? Rob Key perhaps?

 

[nightprowler10]

Strauss should get it for my money. He was decent against Pakistan. Sad to see Vaughan go though.

 

[Skater]

Strauss was distraught at losing the captaincy in Brisbane in 2006 and had a nightmare of a series. He guided us to a 2-0 win over Pakistan. Not a mean feat, but I see where you are coming from.

As has been said on TV though, there is no obvious replacement. When Hussain stepped down, Vaughan was the obvious skipper. They must not give it to Pietersen! He doesn't seem captain material to me and I am worried it will affect his batting freedom.

Imagine if the speculation is false, and it is just a squad announcement.